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Recent results from the state of Florida cities of Pembroke Pines and Miami Gardens police departments show considerable decreases in crashes at intersections with safety cameras. For instance, in Miami Gardens, since the inception of the red-light safety camera programme, crashes have been reduced by 83 per cent at the 12 monitored intersections. Crash data from 2008 through October 2011 was closely examined and the city says it has achieved a steady reduction in collisions creating safer roads for the com

The Portuguese road operator Ascendi has awarded Q-Free a five-year service and maintenance contract, valued at over US$15 million, related to the tolling infrastructure deployed in Beiras Litoral e Alta and Interior Norte concessions."The Portuguese market continues to be important for the company, and service and maintenance contracts are forming an essential basis for a strong local presence and long term growth in this innovative market," said Dr. Øyvind Isaksen, Q-Free CEO

Evatran, a developer of wireless charging systems for electric vehicles, has signed contracts with six high-profile commercial participants to outfit their Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf models with pre-production Plugless Power wireless charging systems.

Capita Symonds’ Technology team has been appointed by the UK’s Highways Agency (HA) to provide three regional training venues which will ensure that HA traffic officers returning to work after a period of absence are fully conversant with the latest procedures/practices for a live motorway environment. The centres include a ‘mock motorway’ comprising a white lined, four lane carriageway used to simulate the unique pressures of an average motorway. The centres will also provide classroom facilities to enable

The world's leading manufacturers of heavy-duty commercial trucks and engines have called for further progress in regulatory harmonisation and closer cooperation among European, North American, and Japanese regulators in order to improve energy efficiency and reduce fuel consumption associated with on-road freight transport.Meeting in Tokyo, the chief executives of more than ten global truck and engine manufacturers discussed key issues facing their industry, including fuel efficiency improvements, reductio

Dutch technical services provider Imtech has announced it has been awarded contracts totalling US$48.25 million in the fields of traffic infrastructure management and traffic management. The contracts also include technology solutions for traffic data collection in the UK, Belgium and Sweden, tunnel maintenance in the Netherlands and motorway water-related disruption prevention in Poland.

The 2012 Transport Achievement Award Call for Applications has now been launched in Paris. This forms part of the run-up to the International Transport Forum's 2012 Summit on "Seamless Transport: Making Connections".

The Chilean authorities have had to re-launch the tender process for the 187km La Serena – Vallenar highway project. A consortium, Azvi-Copasa, originally won the tender for the project in 2010 but struggled to find the necessary financing. As a result, Chile's Ministry of Public Works (MOP) has been forced to restart the tendering process and open the project for bidding once more.

An innovative future fuel source could be provided by bacteria, according to researchers working with the US Department of Energy (DOE). Strains of Escherichia colibacteria have been developed that are able to digest switchgrass biomass and then synthesise the sugars into three transportation fuels.

Sustained public information campaigns on road safety can play a crucial role in reducing road fatalities on Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) roads, according to a UK government marketing professional, whose public communication campaigns have helped reduce deaths on British roads by 45 per cent in the last decade.

The Kosovan Government has ambitious plans and aims to have finished building the new Route 6 highway linking with Macedonia as well as rebuilding the existing national roads during the next four years. The Kosovan Transport Ministry has said that the tender process for the Macedonia link will open in 2012 while the work will commence in 2013 and the road is expected to be complete by 2014.

An announcement is due shortly with regard to the Corridor Vc highway in Bosnia. Several talks have been held with Turkish companies for the construction of the highway. The project value is expected to reach some €2 billion. The project is of strategic importance for Bosnia, although the country lacks necessary funding.